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A Look North reporter on BBC News this morning, talking of a man who'd had a leg amputated and worrying if he could carry the Olympic torch out of Grimsby, 'but he managed the whole leg'.
Joined: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:31 pm Posts: 11585 Location: The Hamptons of East Yorkshire
Missed two programmes I'd pencilled in for last evening after too many Artois's yesterday afty. 'Lifers' and 'Talbutblond' will have to get the 4od treatment. Been watching 'The World at War' (again) epic series on Yesterday. Quite superb and still stands the test of time with the great Olivier narrating. 'Remember' (the day the soldiers came), which is the last episode, is possibly the most inspirational anti-war message ever sent out.
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WIZEB wrote:
A Look North reporter on BBC News this morning, talking of a man who'd had a leg amputated and worrying if he could carry the Olympic torch out of Grimsby, 'but he managed the whole leg'.
Atos will have his card marked now
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I'd have to disagree. Stewart is exceptional, both as a comedian/satirist and as a serious interviewer. I like Oliver, but Stewart is undoubtedly the brains behind the whole thing.
Joined: Sat May 25, 2002 10:49 am Posts: 37704 Location: Zummerzet, where the zoider apples grow
Looking at tomorrow's panel for Question Time, it should be a must-see:
On the panel:
Transport Secretary Justine Greening MP, - should be fun after yesterday
Shadow Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell MP, - yawn
former leader of the Liberal Democrats Paddy Ashdown, - yawn but with some sense
comic actor & broadcaster Tony Robinson - Hopefully he'll be in Baldrick character
and the businessman Terry Smith, chief executive of the City brokerage Tullett Prebon. - Who he you may ask? Just look at His blog and you'll get some idea. He thinks that spending and taxes should be slashed, especially in the HNS, where the only things sacred would be cancer, pregnancy and genuine A&E. He also believes that public sector pension age should be raised by at least ten years.
The older I get, the better I was
Advice is what we seek when we already know the answer - but wish we didn't
I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full-frontal lobotomy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ kirkstaller wrote: "All DNA shows is that we have a common creator."
cod'ead wrote: "I have just snotted weissbier all over my keyboard & screen"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin." - Aneurin Bevan
Looking at tomorrow's panel for Question Time, it should be a must-see:
On the panel:
Transport Secretary Justine Greening MP, - should be fun after yesterday
Shadow Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell MP, - yawn
former leader of the Liberal Democrats Paddy Ashdown, - yawn but with some sense
comic actor & broadcaster Tony Robinson - Hopefully he'll be in Baldrick character
and the businessman Terry Smith, chief executive of the City brokerage Tullett Prebon. - Who he you may ask? Just look at His blog and you'll get some idea. He thinks that spending and taxes should be slashed, especially in the HNS, where the only things sacred would be cancer, pregnancy and genuine A&E. He also believes that public sector pension age should be raised by at least ten years.
I'll probably end up giving that one a miss again. Isn't Robinson a Blairite? Get Mark Steel back on or even Griff. The Labour politicians are a waste of space.
Joined: Sat May 25, 2002 10:49 am Posts: 37704 Location: Zummerzet, where the zoider apples grow
McClennan wrote:
I'll probably end up giving that one a miss again. Isn't Robinson a Blairite? Get Mark Steel back on or even Griff. The Labour politicians are a waste of space.
I agree, that's why I'm thankful we still have union leaders invited on occasionally and I'd also rotate Mark Steel & Owen jones on a regular basis. But it should be worth a watch for Terry Smith alone - an East End barrow-boy, made-good, who now thinks that all of his success had buggerall to do with any benefits from the welfare state. Had it not been for the likes of Beveridge, Attlee & Bevan, he would probably have died of consumption as a child.
The older I get, the better I was
Advice is what we seek when we already know the answer - but wish we didn't
I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full-frontal lobotomy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ kirkstaller wrote: "All DNA shows is that we have a common creator."
cod'ead wrote: "I have just snotted weissbier all over my keyboard & screen"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin." - Aneurin Bevan